(530) 878-7782

Don & Debbie Ales
Owner Operators

(916) 786-2275

Our Cleaning Method

Truck mounted hot water extraction (steam cleaning) is employed by Sierra Steam-Way.  It
is a proven fact, that professionally done, hot water extraction is the most effective method
of extracting soil, pollutants, and sources of bacteria, odor, and allergens from the carpet.

Fiber producers and major carpet mills recommend this Steam-Way International method
for its cleaning efficiency.  In fact,
professional Hot Water Extraction (steam) cleaning
is required at least every 18 months
in order to maintain the warranty of DuPont
Stainmaster Life carpet.  The Steam-Way method depends primarily upon natural hot water
and vacuum extraction to clean the carpet.  The Steam-Way method leaves the least
amount of chemical and soil residues so there is no threat of premature wear, airborne
contamination, or rapid resoiling.

The Cleaning Temperatures

We use higher cleaning solution temperatures for many reasons.  First, is just the plain
common sense that hot water cleans better.  Secondly, higher cleaning solution                   
            temperature allows us to use less cleaning compounds.  Finally, higher                    
            temperature cleaning inhibits and removes a great deal of the bacteria and germs   
            that inherently collect in fabrics.  Please be assured that our cleaning solution          
            temperatures have been thoroughly tested by major carpet fiber producers and       
            carpet manufacturers, and have been found to be safe to fabric integrity, style, and
            color.
Coupled with the superior cleaning quality of hot water is also the benefit of high volume
airflow vacuum extraction.  This high volume air flow vacuum extraction carries away from
the indoor environment greater quantities of dirt, pollutants, bacteria, and allergens, and
does so in a way that your fabrics will dry faster and can be used sooner than ever before.

The Cleaning Compounds

There are four components essential for effective cleaning, they are:  Time,
Temperature, Mechanical Action, and Cleaning Agents
.  Proper cleaning compounds
are very important in this process especially since there is no such thing as "one cleaning
agent cleans all."  Because of this, our mobile cleaning vehicle is fully stocked with as
many as 60 different cleaning agents to treat various fabric and spot and soil conditions.  
Not only do we make sure that we have the right chemistry to clean effectively and safely,  
we use only environmentally safe cleaning agents of the finest professional
quality
.  It has been our experience, that some of these cleaning agents, such as the
cleaning compounds we use when cleaning stain resistant carpet, actually enhance the
carpet's stain resistance.

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Unlike some other cleaning methods, the
Steam-Way method of cleaning carpets will make
your carpets look, smell, and feel better while
staying clean longer.  The Steam-Way method of
cleaning will actually extend the life of your carpet
and contribute to a cleaner indoor environment for
you family.